Articles that Ben has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more. Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
Ben Branch -
British WW2 Motorcycle Training Film: Introduction To Motor Cycling
This three part, 90 minute long film covers everything you need to know to ride one of the most common motorcycles used by the…
An Incredible Collection Of Free, Downloadable Golden Age Racing + Hot Rod Comic Books
Comic Book Plus is one of the world’s largest databases of freely downloadable comics that are all in the public domain – impressively they’ve…
An Indian Post-Apocalyptic Battle Van By Holy Shift Garage
Holy Shift Garage is an Indian custom motorcycle (and car) workshop that channel the original spirit of the A-Team but with a distinctly South…
A Free Motorcycle Adult Coloring Collection by Adam Kay
Many of us are spending far more time indoors than usual and if you’re anything like me, you’re on the lookout for things to…
An SAS-Specificaton 1942 Ford GPW – A WW2 North African Desert Survivor
This Ford GPW was discovered in the Tunisian desert of North Africa along with a horde of abandoned military vehicles, shortly after it found…
The Pando Moto Mark KEV 01 – Cordura Motorcycle Jeans
These are the Pando Moto Mark KEV 01 Cordura motorcycle jeans, they’re a recent release from the European company made from black 12.5oz Cordura…
The Tatra T87 – Powered By A Rear-Mounted Air-Cooled V8 + 100 mph Capable
The Tatra T87 was one of the most advanced cars of its age, it has all-independent suspension, a highly-aerodynamic body and they’re powered by…
The Rare Hercules W2000 – A Production-Built Rotary Powered Motorcycle
The Hercules W2000 was the first production motorcycle to be powered by a Wankel rotary engine, it showed the world that rotary-powered motorcycles were…
The Tamiya Toyota Land Cruiser 40 Rock Crawler – 1:10th Scale Kit Built R/C
This is the Tamiya Toyota Land Cruiser 40 rock crawler, it’s a 1:10th scale remotely controlled vehicle based on Tamiya’s highly-regarded rock crawler chassis/platform…
The AMC Mighty-Mite – An Unusual V4-Powered American Mini Jeep
The American Motors Mighty-Mite was developed in the mid-1940s as a lightweight alternative to the Jeep that could be more easily deployed by helicopter….
Goldtop Viceroy Gloves – Classically-Styled British Motorcycle Gloves
Goldtop was founded in 1951 and quickly grew to become one of Britain’s leading motorcycle gear manufacturers, many of the original ton up boys…
Documentary: Challenger – The Story of the Peugeot 205 T16 in the 1984 WRC
This documentary covers the introduction of the Peugeot 205 T16 into the Group B class of the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 1984. The…